These explanations agree that for some reason, perhaps unrelated to economic
fundamentals, there was a loss of con"dence by domestic and foreign investors in
all emerging markets. This led to a fall in capital in#ows and an increase in capital
out#ows that triggered, in some cases, a very large nominal depreciation and
a stock market crash. At the same time, these explanations do not address exactly
why this loss of con"dence had such large e!ects on the exchange rate and stock
market in some emerging market countries but not in others.